Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim

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Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim (approx 1800-1857) was an educator who traveled from his native Persia (now Iran) to Britain in 1826. There, he took up a permanent appointment to teach oriental languages at the prestigious East India Company College, where he remained until 1844[1].

There were rumours that he left Persia because of religious differences with the establishment. However, while abroad, he remained a faithful Muslim, despite the prevailing British social climate in favour of Christianity.

After returning to Persia in 1844, he became tutor to the future Shah[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fisher, Michael Herbert Persian Professor in Britain: Mirza Muhammad Ibrahim at the East India Company's College, 1826-44 in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East - Volume 21, Number 1&2, 2001, pp. 24-32 partial abstract
  2. ^ The Gentlemen's Magazine, 1857 obituary accessed 9 October 2007]


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